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Early in the present year the exhibition cases in the Atlantic 

 and Pacific Rooms were finished, and some progress has been since 

 made towards filling them with appropriate specimens, a number 

 of Seals and about one hundred birds having been either purchased 

 by Mr. Agassiz or mounted from skins previously in the Museum. 

 It is proposed to add to this nucleus as rapidly as possible ; but 

 much further time must necessarily elapse before these collections 

 can be brought to anything like completion. 



During the past six months single specimens or series of birds 

 or mammals have been sent for study or comparison to Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam, Mr. Harrison Allen, and Mr. Robert Ridgway. 



Since the appearance of the last Report, the Assistant in this 

 department has published the following papers and short notes : — 



In " The Auk " : — 



" Additional Notes on the Nest and Eggs of Swainson's Warbler." 

 " Tlie Oyster-Catcher (Hcematopus palliatus) in Massachusetts." 

 " An Ornithological Reconnoissance in Western North Carolina." 

 " The Bridled Tern (Sterna ancethetus) in South Carolina." 

 "Additions to the Avifauna of Texas." 

 " Junco hyemalis nesting in a Bush." 



"The Orange-crowned Warbler in Eastern Massachusetts." 

 "Additional Notes on Peale's Petrel (^Estrelata gularis)." 

 " JEgialitis meloda circumcincta on the Coast of South Carolina." 

 " Ammodromus lecontei near Charleston, South Carolina." 

 " Vireo solitarius alticola at Charleston, South Carolina." 

 "Occurrence of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in 

 Massachusetts." 



" An Interesting Specimen of Helminthophila." 



In the " Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club " : " Bird Mi- 

 gration." 



